Solidarity with Ukraine: The EU-Ukraine Association Council has taken place, with new agreements further strengthen cooperation between the EU and Ukraine Last Monday, the 8th EU Ukraine Association Council took place in Brussels to discuss the EU-Ukraine bilateral agenda, notably the implementation of the Association Agreement and state of play of EU-Ukraine cooperation. The EU…
On September 15-16, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) summit will be held in the historic Uzbek city of Samarkand. At the upcoming event, the leaders of the SCO countries will come together for the first time in three years in a face-to-face format, one that will be a unique and effective opportunity to discuss the…
The global community is confronting a number of unprecedented crises: from the ongoing challenge of COVID-19 variants and stalled efforts on climate change, to supply chain disruptions and Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, writes Jaushieh Joseph Wu. Now more than ever, China’s increasing rhetorical and military intimidation is jeopardizing regional peace and stability. All these…
Patrice Talon, President of Benin, is visiting Paris to address MEDEF International’s France-West Africa Business Council tomorrow on Tuesday 30 August 2022. President Talon hopes to have an economic focus to his visit. However NGOs and human rights groups are voicing concerns over the regression that has taken place in Benin since 2016 in terms…
The EU is providing €1,800,000 humanitarian aid to families affected by flash floods across large parts of Pakistan. The aid funding will assist affected people in some of the hardest-hit districts of Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, said: “Unusually heavy monsoon rains led to deadly flash floods in…
Germany has welcomed the reforms carried out by Morocco under the leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI for a more open and dynamic society and economy. Germany and Morocco have adopted a joint declaration after talks in Rabat between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, and the German…
The leader of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe García, will lead a mission to Latin America aimed at strengthening cooperation with leaders in three key countries: Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Iratxe García will be travelling with S&D vice-president for foreign affairs Pedro Marques; S&D MEP Javi López, co-chair of the Euro-Latin…
On 20 August, all major news outlets and information platforms across social media in Russia carried the shocking news of the murder of Daria Dugina, the daughter of the mastermind of the infamous “Russian world” concept, Alexander Dugin. She was blown up in the suburbs of Moscow in her Land Cruiser. It has been suggested…
EU council president Charles Michel has praised the “bravery” of Ukraine in its war with Russia. He was speaking at the Crimea Platform Summit on Tuesday. The former Belgian PM said, “Crimea is Ukraine. I start with the same, clear message I had the opportunity to convey last year when I took part in the…
Anna Fotyga was commenting on the current question of whether Russian citizens should be banned from entering the European Union. ECR Coordinator for Foreign Affairs Fotyga said:”We need to understand that this war is not Putin’s war alone.” “It is unacceptable that citizens of an aggressive country enjoy themselves in the EU while their troops kill…
